Genus of gastropods
Not to be confused with
Lavigeria Pierre, a plant genus in family
Icacinaceae
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Lavigeria
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Lavigeria is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.
All species are restricted to Lake Tanganyika in Africa, and share in common a strong heavy shell with sculpture more characteristic of marine gastropods.
Species
Species within genus Lavigeria include:
References
- ^ Bourguignat J. R. (1888). Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika: 31, 33.
